[ada1981]

Came here to reference Campbell as well.. Campbell said the problem is that most people don't know what a metaphor is. Myth is metaphor -- so they don't understand it. Theists read the bible and say this is literally true. Atheists read it and say this is false, it's a lie. Agnostics read it and say, not sure.. But the transcendent perspective is to see that "God" is a Myth, not a lie. God is a myth that represents the unknowable ground of your being, and the religions are a mythology designed to aid your ego on it's journey of self discovery and guide society. Myth is a mirror for the ego with a schedule on it - it shows you where you are. The literalists will be hard pressed to have the spiritual salvation they seek without knowing what a metaphor is -- they will be stuck looking outside themselves when the God they seek is within -- the mythologies are designed to help find it.